“The size of the storm is so great that the high wind warning will stretch from Philadelphia to the Ohio border,” he said. Like anything that big, Sandy is moving slowly. The eye of the storm is expected to pass south of Harrisburg at 2 a.m. Tuesday before its inexorable churn northward. It won’t reach State College until 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Sustained winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour are expected, with gusts around the 70 miles per hour. High wind warnings are in effect from Philadelphia to the Ohio border. More certain projections now show about one-third of the state likely to get moderate to major flooding, according to Gov. Corbett.

With one eye on the upcoming Election Day, Corbett said the deadline for applying for absentee ballots will be extended for those offices and courthouses that closed due to the storm. No change has been made to the Friday, Nov. 2 deadline for submitting absentee ballots.

The storm has been responsible for one death, as the Associated Press reports. A Lancaster County man died Sunday. The unidentified man was trimming a tree in preparation for the approaching storm when a limb broke and he fell to his death.